The Department of Energy (“DOE”) has published its controversial “Still Interested” inquiry notice in the Federal Register. See 90 Fed. Reg. 39,187 (Aug. 14, 2025). According to the notice, the agency will be sending email correspondences to every requester with an open FOIA request filed before October 1, 2024, so long as that request is not in litigation. If the requester does not indicate his or her interest in the continued processing of the request by following the instructions contained in today’s notice, and responding within thirty days, the agency will administratively close the request. Part of the justification given for this step was the fact that DOE has been “inundated with requests from vexatious requesters and automated bots.” Requests pending at DOE field sites, the National Nuclear Security Administration, and the Federal Energy Regulation Commission are not subject to what some have termed this “en masse” still-interested inquiry.